Upcoming Colloquium
The March 23 Colloquium has been canceled.
The Colloquium is a unique opportunity for students to learn about new developments in physics and what physicists do after they graduate. Hosted by the Department of Physics and Astronomy at California State University Long Beach, the weekly meetings invite guests from universities, research laboratories, and industry to present and discuss current topics in physics. All students are encouraged to attend for a well-rounded experience and training in physics.
Schedule
The Spring 2020 colloquia will start January 27.
| Date | Title | Speaker and Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| March 16, 2020 | TBA | Dr. Huolin Xin, UC Irvine |
| March 23, 2020 | canceled | canceled |
| April 6, 2020 | TBA | Dr. Hilke Schlichting, UCLA, MIT |
| April 13, 2020 | CNSM Nobel Laureate Lecture | Dr. David Baltimore, 1975 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine |
| April 20, 2020 | TBA | Dr. Sarah Marzen, Claremont Colleges |
| April 27, 2020 | Student Presentations | Students, CSU Long Beach |
| April 29, 2020 | Student Presentations | Students, CSU Long Beach |
| May 4, 2020 | TBA | Dr. Jonathan Feng, UC Irvine |
Previous Colloquia
The Colloquium Archive has the Colloquia from previous semesters.
| Date | Title | Speaker and Affiliation |
|---|---|---|
| March 9, 2020 | From Heat Engines to Green Leaves: An Experimental Physicist's Perspective on Photosynthesis | Dr. Nathan Gabor, UC Riverside |
| March 2, 2020 | Learning about Neutron-rich Matter with Gravitational Waves | Dr. Jocelyn Read, CSU Fullerton |
| February 24, 2020 | Placing calculus and conservation laws at the center of introductory physics | Dr. Christopher Fischer, University of Kansas |
| February 17, 2020 | Parasite Chainmail: a 2D polymer | Dr. Alex Klotz, CSU Long Beach |
| February 10, 2020 | Manipulating Light with Nanostructured Materials | Dr. Michelle Povinelli, USC |
| February 3, 2020 | Taming Turbulence in Magnetized Plasmas: From Plasmas for Fusion Energy to Black Hole Accretion Disks | Dr. Troy Carter, UCLA |
| January 27, 2020 | Mastering Quantum Mechanics | Dr. Zoltan Papp, CSU Long Beach |
Sponsors
We acknowledge with gratitude donations and support from the following present sponsors:
- H.E. and H.B. Miller and Family Endowment
- Benjamin Carter
- American Physical Society
- Anonymous
We also acknowledge with gratitude our past donors: The Forty-Niner Shops, Inc., The Northrop Grumman Foundation, Sandra Dana, Anonymous.
If you wish to support the Colloquium, please contact the colloquium coordinator or the department chair. Thank you!